The Stupid Polls thread (Part 1)

Which do you use most (if any) for oven cooking/lining sheet pans etc:

  • Parchment paper
  • Tin foil/aluminum foil

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LOTR?!?? Come on ppl! Everyone knows it’s Star Wars :relieved:

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I need a “both” option :wink:

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I use both, but foil the most. If its wet ill use foil (think bacon), if dry (think biscuits/cookies) i use parchment. I cook bacon more than anything.

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I’m new to oven bacon. But it’s great! I have a jumbo oven tray that I cover in foil. On top of that, I put parchment. I like that since bacon doesn’t touch the foil, then I can let the grease dry and put it in compost with parchment after. Then the foil is (usually) still clean for next time! If it’s not, I chuck it but the pan is still clean.
Mmmm bacon! :bacon:

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Very delayed answer. Drip is def better coffee. But damn if that Keurig isn’t convenient!

As a housewarming Christmas present a couple years ago, my mom got me a machine that does both/either Keurig cups or drip brew.

I am cleaning out my house and purging stuff, and in the process found this kitkat bar from when I visited Japan in 2001…

Do I…
  • Open it out of morbid curiosity
  • Throw it away without opening

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Option C: eat it!

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I’d still eat it though. :eyes:

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I purposefully did not add that option :laughing: :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

@Eke Ive been known to eat old chocolate, but this might be a little too old for me :rofl:

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I’m going to starve. :frowning:

The college bachelor in me isn’t entirely dead. I’ll still eat some pretty questionable stuff. :rofl:

Science demands pictures of this chocolate. :eyes:

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I totally expected there to be that option when looking through the pictures. Thoroughly disappointed now…

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It probably wont kill you if you ate it. Should be good, only like… 240 months past the expiration date. Lol

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I love how everyone is like, “oooooopeeeeen iiiiiit!!!” except for @C_8 :laughing: I love the practicality.

@Eke I dunno. I might have to check with @Matt about that to be sure we all have the same expectation about what this “science” entails. :rofl: :wink: :heart:

@HoofHearted I can just see on my tombstone: “Smart enough to stay safe during a pandemic, but not smart enough to avoid consuming 22 year old chocolate”. :laughing:

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Even IF turns out not to be deadly… I’m sure there are other repercussions :laughing:
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Well, really, it’s only 21 years old.

when I visited Japan in 2001…

The chocolate journalist says:

The best indicators to tell if a chocolate bar has gone bad or not are ODOR and TASTE.
Sniffing the chocolate is the first step. If the nose smells something funky that induces cringing expressions, the chocolate might have gone bad. A taste test to follow casts any doubt.

Obviously, in the interest of science, it must be opened, sniffed and tasted.

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Exactly so! :rofl: I almost feel like that could be worse than death.

@SinceIAwoke Oh well, in that case, I’m sure it’s fine to eat :laughing: But you’re right. Mostly I was rounding up since I don’t know how long before I bought it that it had been made.

I’m considering allowing someone braver than myself to do the honors of sniffing it. :thinking: That person will be home in a few hours. :laughing: I highly doubt I’m going to get anyone to taste it, though if anyone wants the honors I will mail it over. :rofl:

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I love that the only suggestion if it smells funny is to taste it.

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